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= xref:bsl.adoc[bsl]::xref:bsl/owner_less-07.adoc[owner_less<shared_ptr<ELEMENT_TYPE>>]::operator()
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Return `true` if the address of the `BloombergLP::bslma::SharedPtrRep` object used by the specified `a` is ordered before the address of the `BloombergLP::bslma::SharedPtrRep` object used by the specified `b` under the total ordering supplied by `std::less<BloombergLP::bslma::SharedPtrRep *>`, and `false` otherwise.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslstl_ownerless.h>`

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bool
operator()(
    xref:bsl/weak_ptr-0d.adoc[weak_ptr<ELEMENT_TYPE>] const& a,
    xref:bsl/shared_ptr-0a.adoc[shared_ptr<ELEMENT_TYPE>] const& b) const noexcept;
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